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From Kabul to Richmond: A Chef’s Dream Comes True with Richmond Restaurant Opening

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RVA’s DINING ALL-STARS OF 2022

Richmond Times-Dispatch

They Fled Afghanistan for America. Now They Feed the Newest Arrivals.

The New York Times

50 Restaurants We Love

Richmond Magazine

RVA’s Dining Dream Team

Richmond Times-Dispatch

They Fled Afghanistan for America. Now They Feed the Newest Arrivals.

The New York Times

22 Essential Restaurants in Richmond, Virginia

Eater DC

Chef Noori: From executive chef at a luxury hotel in Afghanistan to Ellwood Thompson's. This is his story.

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Opening Soon: The Mantu in Carytown

Richmond Magazine

'Dreams Come True': Afghan Chef Opens The Mantu in Carytown, a modern Afghan restaurant in former Burger Bach space

Richmond Times-Dispatch


MANTU = Me and You

RVANEWB

RVAStrong “Portraits of Immigrant Voices”

RVAStrong.com

Small Screen Dreams

Style Weekly

The Best Restaurants and Must-Try Dining Experiences in Richmond, Virginia

Insider

An Afghan Chef in Virginia Helps Refugees Feel at Home

International Rescue Committee

Afghan Chef Provides Free Food to Refugees

Voice of America

Why This 8-Minute Stuffed Peppers Recipe Is Required at Chef Hamidullah Noori’s Thanksgiving Dinner

Well + Good

Extending His Restaurant’s Mission, He Reached Out to Feed Refugees; Newsmaker Chef Hamidullah Noori

The Progress-Index (Petersburg, Va.)

Sharing Afghan Cuisine with the World

The Peace Catalyst Podcast

10 outdoor patios in Richmond, VA

RICtoday

Make Chef Noori's Afghan family recipe: Mantu potato skins

International Rescue Committee

Carytown restaurant Mantu expanding with Mantu Market in Henrico

Richmond Bizsense

An Afghan Chef’s Hard-Won Career Blossoms in Richmond

Plate Magazine

The Mantu in Carytown Bakes Afghan Bread to Donate to Refugees and for Restaurant; Plans to Open Bakery

Richmond Times-Dispatch

A Taste of Hope

Richmond Magazine

Long Journey Leads to Afghan Restaurant in Former Burger Bach Space in Carytown

Richmond Bizsense

A Flavor All Its Own

Style Weekly

Expand Your Palate and Mind: The Mantu

Boomer Magazine

Eat your heart out, Richmond: Savor a taste of local restaurants

Richmond Times-Dispatch

The Mantu (Review)

Uncle Sam’s Immigrant Cafe

Review: The Mantu

Richmond Magazine

Resettled: One Year Later

VPM

Open Source RVA

WRIR 97.3 FM

Love Thy Neighbor

Style Weekly

How Do You Preserve Your Culture When Integration is a Primary Focus of Resettlement?

VPM

5 Richmond Restaurants That Opened in August

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Soft opening: The Mantu Market

Axios | Richmond

8@4 is about kitchens, cooking & food

Richmond Times-Dispatch “8@4”

Afghan Cuisine’s Rice Dishes—Delectables of the Silk Road

The Markaz Review

Carytown’s Mantu Expands To Short Pump

Style Weekly

Chef Noori Opens Mantu Express in Short Pump | Where Richmond Eats

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Spotlight: Hamidullah Noori

Richmond Magazine

vol. 166 / Here. / Chef Noori

Here Weekly

Afghan refugee continues to help others at his second restaurant in Henrico

WRIC (ABC 8 News)

Deeper Roots

Richmond Magazine

The Voices of World Refugee Day

WNYC’s “The Takeaway”